Ergué-Gabéric

Ergué-Gabéric An Erge-Vras
Commune
Ergué-Gabéric Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric Location within France Ergué-Gabéric Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 4°01′15″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Fouesnant
Intercommunality	Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Herry
Area 1	39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	8,606
• Density	215.9/km2 (559.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29051 /29500
Elevation	4–410 m (13–1,345 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ergué-Gabéric (French pronunciation: [ɛʁge gabeʁik]; An Erge Vras in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river. The businessman and publisher Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was born in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,612	—
1800	1,781	+1.43%
1806	1,813	+0.30%
1821	1,873	+0.22%
1831	2,012	+0.72%
1836	2,025	+0.13%
1841	2,042	+0.17%
1846	2,097	+0.53%
1851	2,158	+0.58%
1856	2,263	+0.95%
1861	2,255	−0.07%
1866	2,286	+0.27%
1872	2,190	−0.71%
1876	2,358	+1.86%
1881	2,319	−0.33%
1886	2,580	+2.16%
1891	2,637	+0.44%
1896	2,529	−0.83%
1901	2,642	+0.88%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,737	+0.71%
1911	2,828	+0.66%
1921	2,690	−0.50%
1926	2,792	+0.75%
1931	2,684	−0.79%
1936	2,602	−0.62%
1946	2,583	−0.07%
1954	2,610	+0.13%
1962	2,584	−0.13%
1968	2,821	+1.47%
1975	3,950	+4.93%
1982	5,679	+5.32%
1990	6,517	+1.74%
1999	6,925	+0.68%
2007	7,577	+1.13%
2012	8,140	+1.44%
2017	8,208	+0.17%
2023	8,606	+0.79%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

International relations

It is twinned with Bude-Stratton, Cornwall.

Sights

The church of Saint Gwenhael has a 17th century organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint.

Breton language

In 2008, 6.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

Twinning

Ergue-Gaberic is twinned with Bude–Stratton in Cornwall, England.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• Official site (in French)
• Le Blog de l'Observatoire Citoyen d'Ergué-Gabéric (in French)
• Le site de l'Observatoire Citoyen d'Ergué-Gabéric (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Defense of History and Traditions Heritage for Ergué-Gabéric (in French) & (Breton)